World Soccer

HEROES & VILLAINS

BENDER TWINS

fter retiring from top-flight football in the summer, Lars and Sven Bender have returned to the club where they made their names: ninth-tier side TSV Brannenburg. “We still have three or four players in the squad who played with Lars and Sven,” says head coach Hans Nietzold. “They kept in touch and always

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